Miami's eight-game unbeaten streak came to end
when Bemidji State upended the RedHawks at the Subway Holiday
Classic in Grand Forks. Miami came back the next night to
tie North Dakota, but it wasn't enough to keep the RedHawks
atop the INCH Power Rankings. Denver is our new No. 1 team.

Here's how the Inside College Hockey editors
and staff rank the nation's top teams (along with a note for
each team).

Fact 1: Miami has gone to overtime in seven of its 16
games so far. Fact 2: The RedHawks' draw at North Dakota
Saturday was their second 5-5 tie of the season; the first
was against New Hampshire in Durham Oct. 17.

Quinnipiac's eight-game winning streak is the nation's
longest, and if they can keep it intact after Friday's
game at Yale, it might go on through the new year. Their
next five opponents following the Bulldogs are a combined
11-36-7 on the year.

The Bulldogs have taken care of business in their last
three outings against Brown, Sacred Heart and Holy Cross,
averaging 7.0 goals per game in that span. Things get
tougher in a busy week against three teams that have appeared
in the INCH Power Rankings so far this year.

The Spartans, who entered their series with Notre Dame
two weekends ago on a seven-game unbeaten streak (6-0-1),
are now in the midst of a four-game winless streak (0-3-1)
during which they've never held a lead over their opponent.

Each of the Nanooks' last three games have gone into
OT. The scores at the end of regulation: 2-2, 3-3, and
4-4. We expect 5-5 and 6-6 duels after 60 minutes in your
series at Western Michigan this weekend, boys.

It may be the least impressive five-game unbeaten streak
in college hockey history, but the Fighting Irish are
2-0-3 in their last five. Wins and ties will be harder
to come by in December, as series with Miami and Michigan
loom.

After earning back-to-back wins over Denver and Boston
College in the opening weeks of the season, the Catamounts
haven't managed to win two in a row since, and are just
3-4-1 in their last eight games.

By sweeping visiting Western Michigan last
weekend, the Mavericks ended a six-game slump during which
they posted a 1-4-1 mark and won back-to-back games for
the first time since the season-opening IceBreaker Tournament.

7-4-3 (4-4-2
CCHA) LAST WEEK: W vs. Western Michigan, 4-3; W vs. Western
Michigan, 4-2. THIS WEEK: at Ferris State, at Ferris State